Secrets of Nature: Astrology and Alchemy in Early Modern Europe (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)

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Summary: Secrets of our Inner Nature
Review: Table of Contents

1 Introduction: The Problematic Status of Astrology and Alchemy in Premodern Europe 1
2 "Veritatis amor dulcissimus": Aspects of Cardano's Astrology 39
3 Between the Election and My Hopes: Girolamo Cardano and Medical Astrology 69
4 Celestial Offerings: Astrological Motifs in the Dedicatory Letters of Kepler's Astronomia Nova and Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius 133
5 Astronomia inferior: Legacies of Johannes Trithemius and John Dee 173
6 The Rosicrucian Hoax in France (1623-24) 235
7 "The Food of Angels": Simon Forman's Alchemical Medicine 345
8 Some Problems with the Historiography of Alchemy 385
Contributors 433
Index 435

Rating:
Summary: Secrets of our Inner Nature
Review: Table of Contents

1Introduction: The Problematic Status of Astrology and Alchemy in Premodern Europe1
2"Veritatis amor dulcissimus": Aspects of Cardano's Astrology39
3Between the Election and My Hopes: Girolamo Cardano and Medical Astrology69
4Celestial Offerings: Astrological Motifs in the Dedicatory Letters of Kepler's Astronomia Nova and Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius133
5Astronomia inferior: Legacies of Johannes Trithemius and John Dee173
6The Rosicrucian Hoax in France (1623-24)235
7"The Food of Angels": Simon Forman's Alchemical Medicine345
8Some Problems with the Historiography of Alchemy385
Contributors433
Index435